Dodgers starter Zack Greinke had the deciding hit in Sunday’s 2-1 win against the Reds. He clubbed the second of back-to-back solo home runs with Joc Pederson in the fifth inning against Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani. It’s Greinke’s second home run of the season and the sixth of his career.

Greinke also delivered seven innings of one-run ball, scattering six hits and a walk with eight strikeouts. The front-runner for the NL Cy Young Award, the right-hander owns a sterling 1.58 ERA with a 0.86 WHIP and a 150/29 K/BB ratio over 165 1/3 innings.

Giants starter Mike Leake is on schedule to return from the disabled list and start against the Cardinals in St. Louis on Tuesday, Bruce Jenkins of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Leake has been sidelined since August 3 due to a strained left hamstring suffered after his Giants debut on August 2 against the Rangers. He went 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on eight hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

Leake came over to the Giants from the Reds in a trade on July 30 that sent first baseman Adam Duvall and minor league pitcher Keury Mella to Cincinnati. Prior to the trade, Leake had made 21 starts for the Reds, posting a 3.56 ERA with a 90/34 K/BB ratio in 136 2/3 innings.

Leake, 27, will be eligible for free agency after the season. He’s earning $9.775 million for the 2015 season.

Cubs 9, Brewers 2: Kyle Schwarber hit two homers and drove in four. In 31 games since his callup he’s hitting .330/.420/.621 with eight homers. It just boggles the mind how many amazing rookies baseball has this year. The Cubs have won seven in a row and stand four and a half games ahead of the next-closest team in the wild card race. Which, in addition to being good for them, is kind of good for us as we may very well get to see two win-or-go-home division title races in the NL East and West given that no wild card may be available to them. Some real old school Thunderdome stuff, baby! Two teams enter, one team leaves! Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls . . . dyin’ time’s here! Bust a deal, face the wheel! Bartertown! Somebody stop me, please!

Reds 10, Dodgers 3: Billy Hamilton had a huge game, going 4-for-4 with a homer, stole a base and scored four times. He and his teammates took former Red Mat Latos to the woodshed, scoring five runs — four earned — in four and two-thirds. The Dodgers are certainly looking like a two-starting-pitcher club. Sadly, it’s gonna be hard to come up with a “Spahn and Sain and pray for rain” kind of slogan for them. I mean, what in the hell rhymes with “Greinke?”

Rangers 6, Twins 5: Mitch Moreland smacked a two-run homer and drove in four. After the game manager Jeff Banister said “We’ve just got to play with the grit every day from here on out that we showed today.” Rare use of “grit” in a game when a dude knocked in four and hit a homer.

Angels 7, Royals 6: The Royals had a 5-1 lead heading into the eighth before the Angels rallied big. And here I thought six runs in the eighth and ninth inning against Royals relievers violates the laws of bullpen thermodynamics. Wade Davis was a bit rusty after not pitching for a week but, still, he’s wade Davis. And the Halos rallied off of Greg Holland too: he allowed four runs and four hits and a pair of walks without retiring a batter. It was a weird game all around, of course: Albert Pujols even played third base.

Mets 12, Rockies 3: The sweep. Curtis Granderson and Kelly Johnson each homered and drove in three and Noah Syndergaard allowed three over seven innings. That’s 11 wins in the last 13 for the Mets who now sport a four and a half game lead over the Nats.

Yankees 8, Indians 6: The Yankees finally break their losing streak and get out of their offensive funk. Brian McCann and Stephen Drew each homered and Brett Gardner drove in three. Their big series in Toronto starts tonight.

Pirates 10, Cardinals 5: Pedro Alvarez hit a two-run homer in a seven-run first inning which helped the Buccos knock Lance Lynn out of the game after only two-thirds of an inning and snap an eight-game losing streak at Busch Stadium.

Giants 3, Nationals 1: Yunel Escobar hit the first pitch of the game for a homer and then the Nats did nothing else the rest of the night. The Nats have lost three in a row and seven of eight. Two teams that need to get moving due to that wild card getting farther and farther away. Remember where you are, guys. This is Thunderdome, and death is listening, and will take the first man that screams.